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Provocative thinking from UC BerkeleyTue, 31 Mar 2015 17:49:45 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Racialized nationalism in Arizonahttp://blogs.berkeley.edu/2010/05/18/racialized-nationalism-in-arizona/
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2010/05/18/racialized-nationalism-in-arizona/#commentsTue, 18 May 2010 23:56:16 +0000http://blogs.berkeley.edu/?p=1671According to the U.S. Census Bureau there are 2.1 million U.S. citizens of Hispanic heritage in the State of Arizona. Under a new law passed by the Arizona legislature and signed by Governor Brewer, each and every single one of these persons — child, adult, elderly, male, female — is now subject to arrest by local police, should an individual officer have reason to believe that said individual is in any way “suspicious” (e.g. a dark complexion or black hair, or even what the policeman perceives to be an “accent”). If the ... More >]]>http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2010/05/18/racialized-nationalism-in-arizona/feed/31